Oh, and for your continued "enjoyment" I have a special treat today: while we were writing this post, John & #1 (aka "the other Jen") kept singing it to get the cadence right. This...got really entertaining.

So, I decided to tape them.

There were a few interruptions, but overall I think you'll find their rendition...um...well...just don't have the volume up too loud, k?

"Enjoy!"

(If you're wondering what my contribution is here, I'm the one doing the scrolling. And giggling.)

Update from john: Please note that no animals were harmed during the making of this video. :)

That was too funny - LOVE the song you recorded with the interruptions! LOL

BTW, I think the top cake is supposed to be for Seuss' "Oh the Places You'll Go!" Look up the book cover. I did a similar theme, though I like to think mine was a better attempt, but would probably still be considered a wreck (though it was not a paid for cake).

The 'Hello' at the end of the video really tied it up nicely. Great singing you two! You should make "Cake Wrecks: The Musical" You can.... I dunno dance around with cakes and sing about cakes and.... maybe this wouldn't work as well as I though.... I loved the cakes, though, they were wonderfully ghastly ^^

This is awesome! The whole thing. The song, the pictures, the reference to nightmare before Christmas, the video, the dog dying (no, I mean that was sad...)...the whole bloody thing was hilarious! Way to start my day!

I can't decide: Is this my favorite post ever? Or the Princess Bride one from a while back? Tough call. Video does give kudos to this one though. Very entertaining, and I have NO idea what those cakes are actually supposed to be...

WV: pistina - ummm... I'll pass on that one. Too many bathroom/princess jokes. Do you think that first cake was made by Pistina?

Oh my god you guys are my favorites!!! Love the video. It had me laughing out loud at my desk...at work...now everyone thinks I'm crazy! Thanks Jen, John & #1 for helping to get my day off to a great start! :)

Great post. You need to do audio posts more often. Like the day we all were "hearing" Kerry Vincent or Sue from "Glee" reading your post.

Loving everyone's suggestions as to the meaning of the first poo pile. Loved the unicorns idea. Really loved the Care Bears idea. Rolling on the floor with the Anon 10:00am gay pride poo cake idea. Can't wait for more.

I laughed all the way through the wrecks, but it was the video at the end with the phone call ("That is CRAZY.") and the random conversaton about cargo pants and the imploring, yet firm request of "Guys, can we wrap this?" that really made my day.Thank you, Jen, John, and Other Jen.

LOVED this! Quite possibly your most entertaining post...John & #1 have really good singing voices. Oh, and is it just me, or did #1 sound a little excited on the first phone call that the caller's dog had died? Very strange.

I am very close-mouthed and easily grossed when it comes to (digestive) bodily functions, etc.

But!!!!

I just have to say that the first one resembles the type of "patty" that you'd come across as you strolled through a field of unicorns that lived in a Ski++les orchard and ate the fruit of the trees in light-spectrum order.

Definitely the BEST POST EVER!!! Thanks to that song, because well...the cakes, well...some major wreckage there! Can't even figure out what half of them are, but who cares when you sing that song while looking...LOL

I must say the is the best and most hilarious post I have ever seen on here. I really enjoyed this one. That video was great. The phone call part was just obnoxious, so hilarious. Her dog died....oh...

The first one, while a bit odd, is actually sort of okay. Cheery and colorful, if a little barf-inducing (it's like a rainbow frosting Matterhorn! although probably meant to represent the cover of "Oh, the Places You'll Go!").

I don't think I've ever commented here even though I've been reading for years, and years, and years. But here I am sitting at work (I pay for my own Internet connection here) and I am just cracking up like mad. I was especially liking the post, then the video was better, but then the phone call in the middle, and then THE DOG DIED? Man, it's like living in some alternate, or parallel, universe? I am the consummate dog lover, yet I'm laughing so hard, my office mates thought I'd finally gone over the edge. Today's post was THE BEST EVER!!

OH...MY...GAWD!!! Awesome post today (not that this is unusual, but...)

The next to the last cake (upside down, of course -- notice the "SEAN") has got to be the one that poo'ed the rainbow cake (#1). Then it got this forelorn expression and needed a religious experience (thus the votive candle!)

And THANK YOU for the ear worm from one of my all-time favorite movies!! You guys totally RAWK!!

John - thank you THANK YOU! for singing Popular from Wicked at the beginning. It made me laugh. it made my day. thank you for combining Wicked and NIghtmare.... it;s like one giant happy video :D well done

That was AMAZING! Fantastic post (that had me singing the song in MY head), and then I came upon the recording. I'm still trying to wipe the tears and the huge grin off my face, but it's not working yet. LOVE IT!!! (And the phone call in the middle - accidentally perfect!) Maybe there needs to be a Cakewrecks Singing Blog..... :-)

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